Neuroanatomy, Thalamic Nuclei

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The thalamus serves as the main relay station for the brain. Motor pathways, limbic pathways, and sensory pathways besides olfaction all pass through this central structure. The thalamus can divide into approximately 60 regions called nuclei. Each nucleus has unique pathways as inputs and various projections as outputs, most of which send information to the cerebral cortex.